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Outline of archaeology

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to archaeology:

Contents

Archaeology – study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation, and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.

What type of thing is archeology?

Archeology can be described as all of the following:

  • Academic discipline
  • Science
  • Social science

    • Essence of archaeology

  • Archaeological record
  • Archaeological science
  • Archaeological site
  • Archaeological theory
  • Artifacts
  • Biofacts
  • Excavation

    • Archaeological practice

  • Cultural Resources Management
  • Archaeological ethics
  • Urban archaeology

    • Archaeological science

    Archaeological science

  • Archaeometry
  • Dendrochronology
  • Isotope analysis
  • Palynology
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • Zooarchaeology
  • Geoarchaeology
  • Bioarchaeology
  • Archaeogenetics
  • Computational archaeology

    • Archaeological subdisciplines

  • Ethnoarchaeology
  • Taphonomy

    • By location

  • African archaeology
  • Archaeology of the Americas
  • Australian archaeology
  • European archaeology
  • Russian archaeology

    • By time period

  • Industrial archaeology
  • Near Eastern archaeology
  • Biblical archaeology
  • Medieval archaeology
  • Historical archaeology
  • Post-medieval archaeology
  • Industrial archaeology
  • Contemporary archaeology

    • Specialities

  • Aerial archaeology
  • Archaeoastronomy
  • Archaeological science
  • Archaeozoology
  • Archaeobotany or paleoethnobotany
  • Battlefield archaeology
  • Computational archaeology
  • Experimental archaeology
  • Environmental archaeology
  • Forensic archaeology
  • Landscape archaeology
  • Maritime archaeology
  • Museum studies
  • Palaeoarchaeology
  • Paleopathology

    • History of archaeology

    History of archaeology

  • List of years in archaeology

    • Archaeological methods

  • Archaeological excavation
  • Archaeological field survey
  • Archaeological geophysics
  • Underwater archaeology

    • Archaeological theory

    Archaeological theory

  • Great ages archaeology
  • Functionalism
  • Processualism / "New Archaeology"
  • Post-processualism
  • Cognitive archaeology
  • Gender archaeology
  • Feminist archaeology
  • History of archaeology

    • Archaeology by Period

    List of archaeological periods

  • Lower Palaeolithic
  • Middle Palaeolithic
  • Upper Palaeolithic
  • Mesolithic
  • Neolithic
  • Chalcolithic
  • Bronze Age
  • Iron Age
  • Romans
  • Anglo-Saxons
  • Pre-Columbian
  • Medieval
  • Industrial

    • Archaeological sites

    Archaeological site

  • Feature
  • Cairn
  • Megalithic tomb
  • Pyramid
  • Sepulchre
  • Tomb
  • Votive site

    • Archaeological artifacts

  • Assemblage
  • Grave goods
  • Hoard
  • Manuport
  • Sarcophagus
  • Small finds
  • Stone tool
  • Votive deposit

    • Other archaeology concepts

  • Alignment
  • Archaeological association
  • Archaeological context
  • Archaeological culture
  • Archaeological field survey
  • Archaeological horizon
  • Archaeological natural
  • Archaeological phase
  • Archaeological plan
  • Archaeological record
  • Archaeological sequence
  • Biofact
  • Colluvium
  • Cropmarks
  • Cultural resources management
  • Cut
  • Dark earth
  • Dating methodology
  • Dendrochronology
  • Deposit model
  • Ecofact
  • Excavation
  • Fill
  • Fossil
  • Geologic time scale
  • Geomatics
  • Grave robbing
  • Ground-penetrating radar
  • Harris matrix
  • Law of superposition
  • Lithic analysis
  • Post excavation
  • Projectile point
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • Relationship
  • Seriation
  • Stratification

    • Influential archaeologists

    List of archaeologists

    Archaeology lists

  • List of archaeological periods
  • List of archaeologists
  • List of Russian archaeologists
  • List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
  • List of famous archaeological sites
  • List of archaeological sites sorted by continent and age
  • List of archaeological sites sorted by country
  • List of Palaeolithic sites in China
  • List of prominent paleoethnobotanists
  • List of years in archaeology

    • References

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